Microchannel-based regenerative scaffold for chronic peripheral nerve interfacing in amputees

Biomaterials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-165

  Srinivasan, Akhil ^a   Tahilramani, Mayank ^a   Bentley, John T ^a   Gore, Russell K ^a,b   Millard, Daniel C ^a   Mukhatyar, Vivek J ^a   Joseph, Anish ^a   Haque, Adel S ^a   Stanley, Garrett B ^a   English, Arthur W ^b   Bellamkonda, Ravi V ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microchannel; Nerve guide; Nerve regeneration; Neural interfacing; Peripheral nerve interfacing; Polydimethylsiloxane

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SILICONES;

DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY; MICRO-CHANNEL DEVICES; NERVE GUIDE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL INTERFACING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

MICROCHANNELS;

BIOMATERIAL; DIMETICONE; MICROCHANNEL BASED REGENERATIVE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMPUTEES; ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84916891549     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.11.035     Document Type: Article

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